51°20′32″N 9°51′28″E, This small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in NE Hesse was granted town rights in 1225, and until 1974 was a district seat. Europe's biggest self-contained cherry-growing area. Wikipedia. Jewish population: 201 (1871), 134 (1933). Jewish history since 1600s. [August 2012]